Christmas is all about giving back to your community, dinners with friends and family and of course the gifts. Which makes the holidays an expensive time of year. Gifting specialty homemade treats is a great hostess or for a gift exchange present. That Is why gifting food, made with love (of course), are a great way to lower your expenses this holiday season.
This chocolate dipped honeycomb is such an easy recipe and you more than likely have ALL the ingredients in your pantry. Honeycomb is a crunchy toffee treat that’s been around for ages, and is typically associated with the holidays. This treat is super easy to make and looks like it was made professionally! It takes 20 minutes from start to finish, so let’s get cracking!
Pro Tips
- Making any type of candy requires a candy thermometer. Sugar is very finicky and once it reaches a certain temperature, you can’t go back. When making candy stick to the directions as precisely as possible!
- To make the honeycomb even more special, find a nice gift box to put them in. The dollar store or any department store is stocked with beautiful boxes for cheap! Pick up a few and give yourself a pat on the back for pulling a Martha Stewart during the holidays.
- Honeycomb is characterized by its bubbly center. To keep as many of the bubbles as possible, do not touch the baking dish once the mixture has been poured in, just let it settle on its own.
Here's What You're Gonna Do
First, measure out all your ingredients, this recipe comes together very quickly so you need to have everything prepared.
In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, add the sugar, water and honey, allow it to reach 300 F without mixing it.
Once your sugar reaches 300 F add the baking soda and whisk, once combined quickly transfer it to your prepared baking dish. Do not touch it or try and even it out, let the honeycomb do it’s thing.
Allow it to cool for 20 minutes then remove it from your dish. Using your hands break the honeycomb into small pieces.
Melt the chocolate and dip the honeycomb into the chocolate then allow it to harden on a cooling rack.
Chocolate Dipped Honeycomb
Ingredients
- 1/2 tbsp Baking Soda
- 2 1/3 cups Granulated Sugar
- 4 tbsp Liquid Honey
- 3 tbsp Water
- 1 tsp Water
- 7 oz Preferred Chocolate I used dark chocolate
Instructions
- Line an 11 X 8 baking dish with parchment paper.
- Measure out all ingredients as this recipe comes together very quickly.
- In a medium pot, combine sugar, honey and water over medium high heat. Heat mixture till you reach 300℉. Do not stir mixture, let it do its thing.
- Once your sugar has reached 300l add baking soda and whisk until combined. Transfer quickly to prepared baking dish. Do not touch it, this stuff is insanely hot and will burn you. Allow honeycomb to cool for 30 minutes.
- Once at room temp, break honeycomb into desired pieces.
- Melt chocolate and dip honeycomb pieces into chocolate.
- Allow chocolate to harden and store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
- Making any type of candy requires a candy thermometer. Sugar is very finicky and once it reaches a certain temperature, you can’t go back. When making candy stick to the directions as precisely as possible!
- To make the honeycomb even more special, find a nice gift box to put them in. The dollar store or any department store is stocked with beautiful boxes for cheap! Pick up a few and give yourself a pat on the back for pulling a Martha Stewart during the holidays.
- Honeycomb is characterized by its bubbly center. To keep as many of the bubbles as possible, do not touch the baking dish once the mixture has been poured in, just let it settle on its own.
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